September 3, 2014

Mostly chores today.

I went out to Slough Creek early today, but nothing was happening, so I continued out to check the bison carcass. Nothing there, either. On the way out, I saw a bunch of cars at one of the western turnouts, but the wolf watchers were putting scopes away, so I just kept going. On the way back, they were at another turnout, further east, so I stopped.

There were 2 wolves stalking an injured bison. It was a large cow and she was limping badly. As the wolves got closer, she tried to fight. Then, 4 other bison came running over and rescued her. They drove off the wolves and walked with her back to the herd. The wolves left in the other direction and, eventually, went into the trees.

Almost everybody had left, and I was talking to a fellow and his mother from Iowa when we heard coyotes yipping. We went back up the hill and saw 2 of them nosing about, so we watched for a while.

After that, it was laundry, shower and some email.

I did stop back at the bison carcass and carried my big lens up the hill above the turnout to see if I can get good pictures should anything show up. It looks like I will be able to. All I need are wolves or bears on it. It's been 3 days and something has been moving it around, but it looks to be mostly intact.